Ararahih'urípih
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ífunih / ifuniha- hair

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1500 | revised Oct 31 2014

ífunih / ifuniha- N • hair

Literally: 'growing down'

Derivation if-unih-a
grow-down-DEVERB

Derivatives (2)
ifunihataxishxíshar "hairbrush"
ifuniheehyákurih "hairpin"

Source: WB 400.7, p.335; Shivshaneen, 1996, (2.2); JPH mat 07:284L

Note: Equiv. to ir(a).

  • yáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak. Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup! [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 030]


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  1. xas yítha pamuxuunak ífuni umah.
    Then one of the boys found a hair in his mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas upíip, "pihnîich ifunihaxarah'íshara pami'ífunih."
    And he said, "Old man! What long hair you have!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. mi'ífunih ipxátihi.
    Comb your hair.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about morning activities (LA-03) | read full text
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  4. taahkúnish pamu'ífunih.
    Her hair is white.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. Vina mu'ífuni uum taahkúnish.
    Vina has white hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. panani'ífunih tóo fiipha.
    My hair is gone.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  7. mu'ífunih káru uum ipshûunkinich.
    Her hair is short.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  8. ipshûunkinach pamu'ífunih.
    She has short hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  9. vâaram pamu'ífunih.
    She has long hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  10. ipshûunkinach pamu'ífunih.
    She has short hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  11. púfaat mu'ífunih.
    She has no hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  12. puptaxátiihtihara pami'ífunih.
    You didn't comb your hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  13. vúra puyávhara panani'ífunih.
    My hair is not good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  14. vúra úum táay pamu'ífunih, papúsihich.
    The cat has lots of hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  15. papúsihich úum púfaat pamu'ífunih payêem.
    The cat doesn't have any hair now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  16. yáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak."
    Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  17. xás pa'ávansa uthyúruripaa pa'ífuni pamu'ásipak.
    And the man pulled the hair from his basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  18. xás upiip, " hôoy páy tu'aramsîip pa'ifunihaxára."
    And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  19. káruma uum pa'ifápiit áxak pamu'ífuni upaathrámni papátaravak.
    The fact was, the young women had thrown two of their hairs into the soup-baskets.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  20. páy uum pumi'ífunihara."
    This isn't your hair."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  21. xás kunpiip, " nuu vaa nanu'ífunih.
    And they said, "It's our hair.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  22. víri pamu'ífuni fúrax kích utávahitih.
    His hair was decorated on the ends with nothing but woodpecker heads.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  23. víri pakunpûusur fúrax kích utávahiti pamu'ifunih'ípan.
    When they took it off, the ends of (the dog's) hair were decorated with nothing but woodpecker scalps.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  24. púyava vúra vaa uthiináti papáthraam, xás kôokinay vúra u'ápiv, akâay áta mu'ífunih.
    So he kept the hair-club, and he looked for her everywhere, (he wondered) whose hair it was.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  25. kári xás upíip, " yánava púfaat mu'ífunih ápap pamuxváah."
    And he said, "I see you have no hair on one side of your head."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  26. kári xás upéer, " páy húm mi'ífunih."
    And he said, "Is this your hair?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  27. xás panunu'ífunih vúra xávish mûuk nupákootih, kíri vâaramas u'if, panunu'ífunih.
    And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  28. ifunihaxárahsas.
    She is long-haired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text